By David Matsumoto, Ph.D. Humintell, LLC Member of the Advisory Board of Proactive Risk Management Active shooter incidents are incredibly frightening events that often have deadly consequences for individuals, and dire consequences for organizations. The term “active shooter” describes a “situation in which a shooting is in progress and an aspect of the crime may affect…

Almost two-thirds of the companies in the US are susceptible to fraudulent activities. All stakeholders have a lot to lose in such cases, with the employees and investors being at the greatest disadvantage. Having an Ethics Hotline is the most popular method of detecting fraud within companies. As per the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, all…

Employees aren’t robots. While some of them may have simple concerns about general operations around the workplace, others may be concerned about bigger problems like fraud, discrimination and harassment. Unless they allow employees to voice out their concerns, employers won’t be able to identify problems at the workplace or work towards improving them. In…

Cyber Risks have been a nightmare to many companies. However, many businesses have failed to quantify the extent of the damage and losses they’ve suffered due to the proliferation of cybercrime. Even worse is that many businesses are still at a lost in regards to how much money is worth investing in cybersecurity that will…

Wow! Just when I taught I had seen everything concerning cybercrimes, I am thrown off guard and cybercriminals are using new tactics to ramp up their attacks. I don’t know if you saw the recent distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks launched against services like OVH or Akamai, but those are quite scary. The attack against OVH…

Sorry for my absence, dear readers, but I was out for a well-deserved vacation time with my family. Not that I don’t like you, but you know the security observer needs, sometimes, to take a moment to refresh his mind and be prepared for another year of security monitoring and analysis. And, by what I…

The recent terrorist attack in Nice reminds us that terrorism is, unfortunately, alive and well. What can we expect in the upcoming months? The terrible incident that we saw in Nice is just another wake-up call for those who are working in security. Unfortunately, we are in an era where terrorism is evolving rapidly. Not…

What are the main problems that we ought to see in the upcoming months on the cyber security front? Well, the four horsemen analogy is actually pretty useful to understand what we are facing right now. Social Engineering Even though hacking computers seems to be something easy, it really isn’t. Yes, sometimes hacks are really…

Article: Many companies find it difficult to implement cyber security in a way that is effective and remains so over the long term. An examination of some aspects of human nature may explain why. What Is The Problem? More than 16 years of experience in the field of cyber security has led to one thing…

I always enjoy reading material written by security firms. Sometimes, they can really push the envelope in trying to innovate regarding cybersecurity. They often try to create new knowledge by using the data that they can obtain and analyze in their daily work. Recently I have seen a report from an IT security firm that…